Deputy who resigned after crash is rehired
PANAMA CITY — Jimmy “Trey” Stanford III has been rehired by the Sheriff’s Office as a detention specialist two years after he resigned amid an investigation into a high-speed police chase in which he...
View ArticleFugitive captured in Callaway
CALLAWAY -- A man wanted in Kentucky on sexual abuse charges was captured in Callaway Friday night. Robert Eric Price, 44, was arrested by the U.S. Marshal Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force at the...
View Article2 injured in crash
COTTONDALE -- Two people were injured Friday afternoon in a crash on U.S. 231 at Tendell Road in Cottondale, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Kayla Smith, 20, was traveling southbound on U.S....
View ArticleMurder retrial set to begin
PANAMA CITY — Jury selection begins Tuesday for the retrial of a Fountain man accused of killing a neighbor in his home and stealing his property. A jury deliberated more than six hours in Phillip...
View ArticleLawyer calls murder evidence ‘a whole lot of nothing’
PANAMA CITY — The animal is about 6-feet tall, with hooves and a mane, the defense attorney explained to the jury, and then she asked them which animal she was describing. Most said horse, but a few...
View ArticleInmate executed for killing of Orlando woman
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted in the 1991 sexual assault and murder of an aspiring artist in Orlando was executed Tuesday by injection. Darius Kimbrough was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m. at the...
View ArticleDispatcher arrested after pointing gun at reporter
A local reporter found herself looking down the barrel of a gun after knocking on the door of an off-duty public safety telecommunicator she'd hoped to interview, officials say. Shortly after 12:30...
View ArticleUPDATED: Man dies after stabbing at American Legion
SOUTHPORT — Authorities are considering filing murder charges against a Chipley woman who stabbed her boyfriend in an American Legion parking lot. Earnestine “Tina” Canuet, 64, of Chipley, was...
View ArticleEvidence of racism permitted in murder trial
PANAMA CITY — A judge Wednesday denied a request from the attorney for a man accused of a hate crime for shooting and killing a black man to separate the trial into two phases: one focusing on guilt...
View Article2 charged with passing counterfeit money
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Two people were arrested Wednesday in connection with counterfeit money being used at several Panama City Beach businesses in the last week. Will Rustin Sprayberry, 33, of Oxford,...
View ArticleNew evidence discovered for retrial
PANAMA CITY — Philip Logan Brock, whose father is on trial for the murder of his neighbor, testified that he found $12,000 worth of silver coins concealed a pool pump on his father’s property when he...
View ArticleCorrectional officer arrested on sexual misconduct charge
LYNN HAVEN — A Bay County Jail correctional officer described as a family man with a spotless employment record has been arrested and fired after allegedly having a sexual relationship with an inmate....
View ArticlePolice seeking fraud suspects
The Panama City Police Department is seeking help from the community in identifying three female subjects who fraudulently used a credit card that was taken during a vehicle burglary on October 31....
View ArticleTeacher arrested for sexual relationship
GRAND RIDGE -- An eighth-grade teacher in Jackson County was arrested Thursday following an investigation into a sexual relationship with a former student. Arrested after school and charged with a...
View ArticleDefense attorney questions witnesses about new evidence
PANAMA CITY — The trial of Philip Dean Brock continued Thursday as defense attorneys questioned the origin of new evidence in the case and again challenged the Bay County Sheriff’s Office’s...
View ArticleVideo of theft suspects released // VIDEO
PANAMA CITY -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance to identify three suspects involved in a grand theft case at the Dollar General Store at 2323 E. 15th St. in Panama...
View ArticleMan charged with sexual encounter with teen at church retreat
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Panama City man was arrested Friday on charges of having sex with a 14-year-old girl at a church retreat, according to Panama City Beach Police. Arrested was Lawrence D....
View ArticleJury weighs fate of murder suspect
PANAMA CITY — A 12-person jury began deliberations shortly after 4 p.m. Friday in the re-trial of accused murderer Philip Dean Brock. Seven hours later, at 11:15 p.m., the jury remained behind closed...
View Article2nd mistrial declared in Brock murder case
PANAMA CITY -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the murder trial of Philip Dean Brock are likely hoping the third time is the charm after a second mistrial was declared in the case. A 12-person...
View Article3 killed in crash
CHIPLEY — Three people were killed and six injured in a single vehicle crash caused by a blown tire Saturday morning in Washington County. Killed were Patricia Baker, 58, Micah Goldsmith, 11, and...
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